... democratic nations have regarding waging war against other nations. The goal of this literature review is to explain the thoughts of researchers in regards to their debate. Current researchers of the democratic peace theory have varying views which include, democracies fight aristocratic and nondemocratic governments, those who wage war due to the belief that they hold the power to create peace, and fear of an economic downfall ... . Democracies Fight Aristocratic and Nondemocratic Governments While studies agree ... ...

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... exceed the dimension of this assignment. Therefore, this work will concentrate on the democracy of the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) and on the authoritarians leaderships of China and the Middle East. 2 Democratic Peace Theory The democratic peace theory can be defined by it's two main characteristics. The first one is that liberal states stay in a peaceful relationship ... (Smith, et al., 2008: 54-56). This section showed that democratic countries are not be more peaceful than other political systems, but however empirical researches have demonstrated that war between ...

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... anarchical state. A main argument among scholars has been that liberal democracies seldom if ever fight wars against one another. "Democratic peace" theorists believe the second image, state politics and culture, is a key factor causing or deterring war. However, they vary in their reasoning as to what factors within the state actually determine its international policies. Theorists have suggested ... people of democracies serve to perpetuate peace between democracies. The leaders in democracies are accountable to their citizens and fear electoral defeat. The citizens are the ones who bea...

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... to Soviet Union. The United States entered the war because they feared it turning into a bigger war involving the takeover of communists, and wanted to put an end to it before it got out of control. Following the Korean War, a demilitarized zone was set up and was the site of many discussions of peace. The Soviets supported the war, and thrived on this invasion by backing North Korea ... . Democratic nations tend to want to bring an end to wars and find a resolution, while totalitarian nations usually take conflicts to the point of ... in the North with the blanket bombing raids that we...

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... have been reviewed for this paper indicated similar problems with the success of democracy in Iraq. The primary is seen throughout the literature as the internal divisions within Iraqi society. These divisions make it difficult for the central government of Iraq to make decisions based upon ... the different factions in the government can agree upon what that is. One possible solution has been offered by many of the authors in the literature review. This suggestion is regional government somewhat similar to the United States where each region or province has the power to make decisions f...

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... number of (highly controversial) advantages that a democratic system has to offer. In a democracy, citizens are protected from dictatorial leaders and enjoy more political and personal freedom. Moreover, democracy is based on political equality, which is fundamental to establishing peace and prosperity (Dahl, 1998: 45). The appointment of Boris Yeltsin in 1991 as the first president of the Russian Federation only brought ... in to an authoritarian political system. How is it possible that Russia under Putin, despite all hope, has not undergone a transition to democracy so far? In the sc...

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... to say I agreed with when it comes to Fukuyama, and Huntington, but also points that I have to say I disagreed with them on. Francis Fukuyama wrote a very interesting article called "The End of History?" he was mainly saying in a hypothetical sense that the world's society will simply stop evolving and maintain peace, and stability with out war and conflict. He also made a point to say that we ... will eventually have a liberal government and that is the last government that we will have (Fukuyama). Fukuyama predicted that the end of the Cold ... War was going to be the last major conf...

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... destruction pose a threat to its neighbors and to the U.S.. Iraq, being a dictatorship and having a history of supporting terrorists, needs, according to the U.S., a fresh start and what better way to do this than to turn it into a democracy. So it is only fitting that the official American aims for this war, in order of importance, should be; restoring peace and stability to the region by removing ... Saddam Hussein from power or at least disarming Iraq, starting a chain reaction of democracy throughout the Middle East, and bringing human rights to the Iraqi people (Kinsley, March 10, 2...

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... they were forced to pay heavy taxes to the French regime (Franchini 1988). This sense of nationalism resulted in the French losing their foothold within Cambodia during the Second World War and consequently led to the independence of Cambodia in 1953. The next two decades in some sense were represented by single man dominance in Cambodian politics with king Sihanouk, dictating everything ... farms. Furthermore, during this time, unrealistic economic and production goals were set, with farmers being told to produce around three tons of rice per hectare of land (Cambodia Tribunal Monitor)...

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For the past two years, Syria has been at war with itself, as their government forces clash daily with armed, civilian rebel groups. When evidence emerged implicating the Syrian government in the chemical weapons usage, the United States has been forced to consider intervention as a policy mechanism to bring peace to Syria. Despite public pledges to intervene if the Syrians were ... caught using weapons, the United States has decided not to intervene - at least for now. This decision marks a significant deviation from our traditionally liberal American foreign policy, which tends to favor int...

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... any submission to a distinct powerful entity, can be compared to an anarchy. He also said that absolute monarchy was the best way to maintain peace inside a random country. Saddam Hussein, who was a dictator and a totalitarian, succeeded in maintaining peace inside his country. When he was captured, civil wars appeared. The second interpretation that we could find out, is basically inside the Levianthan. The ... activity in Egypt, took a blow; that the economical situation was severely affected; but, if the political system get improvements "and it will take decades for sure" Egypt can t...

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... these basic, universal human needs, men are exonerated to do income-generating work outside of the home, take part in politics, make war and so forth. It is clear that in this scenario men are regarded as the norm or standard women had to live up to. ... (for the first time) the differences were seen as positive elements. For instance, it was argued that women were more peace loving, patient, caring, more accommodating and diplomatic, less aggressive and less selfish than men. Again the theorists broke up into two groups: some argued thatwomen's positive qualities were a natural ... they...

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... being made, things in the states stayed relatively the same as they were before the Civil War. The 13th Amendment forbade slavery, the 14th said that ex-slaves were to be considered citizens, and if they weren't then states would lose power in the Electoral College. Finally, the 15th ... chance to make something more of themselves. Now that the federal government had more power, there was a chance for ex-slaves to gain more rights and a higher status within society. The biggest social change was the Freedmen's Bureau, America's first welfare system. The system was created to help the ....

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... government everyone should accept. This thinking can lead us to the hypocritical nature of the Cold War, and how one government should be stopped and ours should be accepted by all, and war won't end until everyone bows to Democracy. If we let the troubled countries choose the right path and we monitored and didn't force we could have prevented some of the vendettas that led to ... have changed. Just because of the United States view on Democracy is all to controlling, they should let the countries create a government that all of the people can accept with peace and not war. George Orwe...

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... , known as the Age of Enlightenment. During this time moral human reason became the primary motivator. This was a significant change from the older dominant reverence for church and king. This became a highly controversial topic; many enlightened thinkers began to express themselves through their literature. One writer, Voltaire, wrote on the subject of free will pertaining to human writes through a satire called Candide ... , and another, Rousseau wrote a "social contract". Throughout Candide Voltaire makes fun of the government in order to express his views on free will in a satirical m...

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... , not just those with hereditary right to office could aspire to be gentlemen, who sought education, moral growth, and involvement in governing.(Wills, Jr.pp.24-5) Confucius believed in the Way, for man to be fully human, to live in peace and harmony with nature and their fellow human beings.(Wills, Jr.p.26) Confucius believed in benevolence (ren) that is composed of the characters ... not believe that the classes were forever fixed based on the fact that he had been in and out of power, traveling and looking for jobs in government to help the people to be ruled justly and promote a mora...

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... another major relationship that was affected as a result of women not being able to have voting rights. Husbands in marriages dictated entire relationships, and fights began to spark. Women felt as if they were nothing due to a husband's brainwashed mind. The ideas towards women in society had ... and they did everything they could to make them feel their cause was worthless. Women had to put up with the actions of men without a word because if they didn't, they would be disrespected even more. One day after the parade, a group of suffragettes including the leader, Alice Paul protested o...

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... of speedy decision making can hardly be overemphasized. Further, centralized governments can be decisive in their actions. Rollbacks, on the other hand, are a constant headache for genuine democracies, and Indians are only too aware of it. The absence of haggling in decision making is also necessary for effective centrally planned resource allocation - an instrument that democratic nations often resort ... , industrialization, which triggered economic prosperity in the West, was also a trigger for democratic change in most of these countries. Moreover, after the destruction caused during...

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... of the earliest examples of a republican system of government. Roman society was highly unequal and authoritarian for most of its early years. Described well by Finer the Roman Republic began "life under the rule of its king, who was advised by a Council of Elders, and where decisions on war and peace were voted in the Assembly of warriors. It evolved into a republic, where former royal ... functions and duties - religious, judicial, and military - were exercised by a number of separate magistracies, and the Council of Elders had become a Senate- In fact, not much is known about Rome be...

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... . On April 12, 2015, Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy for the Presidential election of 2016. This stark transformation through the course of American history is due significantly to the Civil War and the effects it had on American culture. The unique opportunities afforded to women throughout that time period changed the perception of women throughout America. Throughout the nineteenth century, women's rights ... of women in American society. Furthermore, the emotional toll of such a large number of widows is unimaginable. However, when looking at a specific example from the civil ...

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... , if you publish what the government does not like, you will find yourself in Maekelawi. That is the name of a notorious prison in the capital which is home for torture and human rights abuse on prisoners. In its recent report, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has placed Ethiopia the third worst country in Africa for journalists. This report came about ... as the government arrested a group of political bloggers named "Zone 9 bloggers" on charges of terrorism. Recently, many award winning journalists have had their freedom confiscated to write and were put behind bars to hush t...

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... used in trials against critics of China's authoritarian Communist government. Hu was originally an environmental campaigner, eventually taking on campaigns against HIV and AIDS in China before his increasing knowledge led him to become critical of the government. With the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics drawing the ... very happy. Needs to rest for awhile. Thanks, everyone," Zeng Jinyan, Hu Jia's wife, posted on Twitter (Richburg). Many dissidents banned together and released a manifesto titled Charter 08. In it they called for democratic reforms. The main author, Liu Xiaobo, was arrested ...

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... -sexual couple cannot conceive a child? On the other hand, I look the United States of America and see a place of hate, distrust, and fear. If it's different it has to be killed or imprisoned; and who gave President Bush or any other government representative the right to decide who we as people are to ... be, what our individual personalities are to be. Think about it, the world is a democratic place believe it or not, and there are rights and wrongs that need to be enforced and changed. The Human Rights Society would really think otherwise since we"re all people here to share the planet...

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... get angry with him" (52). While the citizens had voted to go to war, Pericles was being held accountable for their losses, implying that he was a leader to them. Hence arises another discrepancy between a democracy and an empire. In order to flourish, an empire requires the guidance and control of a single person, such as in the cases of Alexander or Napoleon. This ... not being the case in Athens, majority of the war decisions were influenced by war generals such as Alcibiades. This created a social hierarchy of power, contradicting ... the encounter with the Mytilenians, the Athenian...

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... type of government or leadership in which to rule the kingdom. They debated the merits of monarchy, oligarchy and popular rule, finally settling on monarchy, where Darius is made their king. The events of the civil war in Corcyra serve as a miniature representation of the larger conflict between "democratic " and "oligarchic " factions in Hellas as it reflects such themes as reason versus passion ... and personal gain versus the common good. The characteristics of democracy and oligarchy as described in the Persian debate can then be, in turn, ... falling out of grace with the Spartans...

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